This is a tour for adventure-lovers! You will go along forest and country roads connecting traditional Karelian villages by a mini-landrover – quadrocycle, see the highest waterfall in Priladozhye and have a rest in a wonderful place on Tolvoyarvi lakes.
Feel the pleasure of driving a quadrocycle and find out its potential of overcoming obstacles!
Day 1
Meeting at the railway station of the town of Petrozavodsk. Transfer to “Kalevala” hotel. Having breakfast in the restaurant. Getting equipped, receiving instructions in driving quadrocycles and safety measures. Going by quadrocycles along the route “Signalman’s path”. The special zone of the trophy-race “Signalman’s path” is 12 km of absolute lack of roads. There are a clay wood track, 3 wades and a couple of swampy areas. In 2003 sportsmen from St. Petersburg held a record of passing through this zone – 2 hours and 32 minutes. The average time for passing through the zone is 5-8 hours. Having lunch on the journey. Going by quadrocycles to lake Syamozero (70 km). Having dinner near the fire, spending a night in tents.
Day 2
Having breakfast near the fire. Riding quadrocycles in the following direction: lake Syamozero – Khuyrsyula village – Kolatsel’ga village (60 km). Overcoming a difficult part of the way (driving along forest roads, destroyed bridges, wades). Visiting Tulmozersky inworks adits and stone walls remained from the 19th century not far from Kolatsel’ga village. Having dinner and spending a night in the open air.
Day 3
Breakfast near the fire. Going by quadrocycles in the following direction: Kolatsel’ga – Novaya Tulema - Beliye Mosty waterfall. (90 km). Visiting the waterfall (more than 19 m high) hidden in a narrow canyon. Having lunch on the journey. Having dinner and spending a night in the open air.
Day 4
Having breakfast near the fire. Going by quadrocycles to lake Tolvoyarvi (90km). The route is tracked through stony ridges surrounded by picturesque lakes and pine forests. . Having dinner and spending a night in the open air on Tolvoyarvi lakes.
Day 5
Breakfast near the fire. Going by quadrocycles in the following direction: lake Tolvoyarvi – Naistenyarvi village – lake Lindozero – lake Palyeozero. Going along forest and earth roads (130 km). Having lunch on the journey. End of the quadrocycle part of the tour. Having dinner and spending a night in the open air.
Day 6
Having breakfast near the fire. Visiting an ancient crater of Girvas volcano. Beginning of the boat part of the tour: Palyo lake – the river Niva – Lychniy island – Yershi village (10 km). Having lunch on the journey. Visiting marble breakings near Belaya Gora village on the river Tivdiyka, seeing a deserted Kazan Bogomater’ church.(19th century). Crossing lake Sandal by boat to Lychniy island, visiting St. Peter and Paul’s church and ancient houses of Lychniy island village. End of the boat part of the tour. Departure to Petrozavodsk by bus. Visiting Kivach waterfall. Accommodation in a hotel. Dinner. Sauna.
Day 7
Breakfast. Visiting Kizhi island (additional fee), a walking tour of the island. Going back to Petrozavodsk. Departure to Moscow at 07.00 PM (train #17/18).
The program of the route may be a subject to marginal changes due to objective reasons.
